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UNITED STATES lPatented July 14, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK K. HOOVER AND ARTHUR J. MASON, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

APPARATUS FOR HANDLING ORES, 8M3.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 733,647, dated July 14,1903. Application filed January 7,1901. Serial No. 42,291. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANK K. HOOVER and ARTHUR J.-MAs0N, both of KansasCity, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, citizens of theUnited States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inApparatus for Handling Ore and other Material, of which the following isa specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in ore-transferring apparatus,having more particular reference to transferring ore from the dock-frontto the stock-piles or to suitable pockets arranged to receive the same.The said pockets may be located at a considerable distance from thedock-front, and between said pockets and the dock-front may be locatedstock-piles in which the ore and other material to be used are stored.When a vessel comes up to the dock-front to be unloaded, the cargo mustbe transferred to said pockets or to the stock-pile to which it belongs;but to transfer all the cargo direct from the vessel to said pockets orto the farther stock-piles beyond the reach of the unloaders is attendedwith certain inconveniences and delays by reason of the fact that theselatter are commonly located and extend some distance inward or landwardfrom the wharf or pier beyond the reach of the bucket or grab whichunloads the vessel. To obviate these inconveniences and delays andprovide a receptacle whereby the vessel may be quickly and entirelyunloaded and the stock afterward removed to its appropriate stockpile orsaid pockets, as desired, is one of themainobjectsofourinvention.Alsotoprovide an apparatus havingsuch facility and freedom and scope ofmovement that by it the ore or other material may be taken up andtransferred to any stock-pile or from any particular stock-pile, as itmay be needed, and carried to any pocket or to a shipping-track isanother of the leading objects of our invention.

To accomplish these and other minor objects, our invention consists incertain features and combinations of novel elements in an ore-handlingsystem hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 presents a diagrammaticrepresentation in cross-section of a plant embodying our invention andextending from the ore-pockets to the dock at which the cargo isunloaded. Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic top plan View of the same. Fig. 3 isan enlarged plan view of a car and its turn-table upon which the transfer-truss is mounted, with certain parts omitted. Fig. :t is a centralvertical longitudinal section through the parts shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5is a detail end viewot' a car and its turn-table and a section of thetransfer-truss carried thereby. Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail viewillustrating a brace of rollers carried by the truss, and Fig. 7 is asimilar detail View of a portion of a brace of conical rollers disposedbetween the car and the turn-table.

Considering now the drawings in detail, 5 designates a group or row ofpockets, it being understood that each pocket receives but a single kindof material and must be replenished from the stock-pile of thatparticular material. 7

6 and 7 represent the stock-piles,said stockpiles being separated bywalls 7.

The dock-front is shown at 8, and on and along said dock-front ismounted a group of unloaders, comprising, as herein indicated, a seriesof towers A, mounted to travel longitudinally of the dock-front ontracks B,

each tower being equipped with an angularlyadjustable derrick-arm 0,adapted to overhang a vessel D when lying at the dock, and

provided with a self-loading grab or bucket E, adapted to remove the orethrough the hatchways of the vessel and discharge the same into atemporary receptacle, next to be described. When unloading a vessel atthe dock-front, to obviate the necessity of transferring the cargodirectly from the vesselto the pockets or to the distant stock-piles aleading feature of our invention resides in the provision of a trough 1,extending along the dock-front, which trough is located within reach ofthe grabs or other excavating devices whereby the vessels are unloaded.The said trough is substantially the same length as the vessel, so thatthe cargo may be taken from all the hatchways without moving the vessel,and is preferably of suflicient capacity pockets, cars, or stock-pilesby the devices hereinafter described. Said trough is pref-. erablyconstructed of concrete, though any other suitable material may be used,and is preferably of the general form shown in crosssection, having itsbottom in substantially the same form as the bottom portions of theself-loading bucket at, so that the material in the trough may becleaned up with such a bucket. Its inner wall serves as the outer wallof the outer stock-pile 7.

9 indicates a shipping-track which receives cars 9, this track beingpreferably located between the pockets 5 and the inner wall of theadjacent stock-pile 6. When desired, material either from the trough orthe stockpile may be delivered into the cars 9, and

'thence transferred, as may be required.

To provide for carrying the ore or the material from the trough or fromany particular stock-pile to any pocket or shipping-track as may bedesired, upon the walls '7 are laid tracks 2, upon which are mountedcars 2 and 2 ,carryingturn-tablcs2 Upontheturn-table on the car nearestthe pocket is mounted aseries of rollers 2, and upon the said rollers 2and the other turn-table is carried a transverse truss 2. Upon saidtruss is provided a track 3, upon which is mounted and arranged totravel a carrier 3, carrying the self-loading bucket 4, by which thematerial is taken up and transported, the truss being of sufficientlength to carry the bucket from the trough to the pockets and hence toor from any of the intervening stock-piles. After the cargo of thevessel has been unloaded into the trough and the vessel thus dischargedand left free to return for another cargo itis obvious that the materialin the trough may be disposed of as may be necessary or desirable. Ifitis desired to carry the material from the trough at a point A to thepocket located at B, a straight haul is made on the truss, with thelatter occupying the position shown in full lines at C, Fig. 2, and ifit is desired to move the material from the trough at the point D to thepocket located at E the truss is carried bodily laterally to the newposition, as shown in dotted lines at F, and a straight haul made; butif it is desired to move the material from the trough at A to the pocketat E or from the trough at D to the pocket at B the truss will then haveto extend diagonally over its supports, as shown at H and I,respectively, and the distance between the supports will be greater thanwhen in the position shown at O and F, and provision must be made inmounting the truss upon the turn-tables and cars to accommodate thisincreased distance between the supports. Thisis accomplished by themechanism shown more in detail in Figs. 3 to 7, inclusive, wherein itWill be seen that the car 2 is provided at each end with a curved way2=', disposed transversely thereof, on which ways ride two groups ofrollers 10, mounted in frames 11,which are connected byradially-disposed rods 12 to a central hub or plate 13, through whichpasses the king-bolt 1%, connecting the turn-table 2 to the car. Theouter ends of the turn-table rest and ride upon the rollers 10, andtransversely across the turn-table is rigidly formed a way 15, providedwith a central longitudinal slot 15 forming a guide for a pair of rolls16 on the outer side of that portion of the truss 2 which overlies theturn-table, whereby angular movements of the truss are conveyed to theunderlying turn-table, at the same time allowing a limited longitudinaltravel of the truss relatively to the turn-table. The rollers 2 betweenthe truss and the turn-table are carried in frames 17, secured tothe-lower portion of the opposite sides of the truss, the two braces ofrollers being of sufficient extent to accommodate the maximum angularswing of the truss and provide an antifriction-bearing on the turntablethroughout the entire swing of the truss. It will thus be seen that asthe truss moves from the directly transverse to a diagonal position itwill turn the turn-table upon the car, and at the same time the trusswill have a longitudinal travel relatively to the turn-table, both ofthese movements being practically without friction by the employment ofthe braces of rollers 10 and 2 Thus by such a construction with a singletruss the material may be moved from any part of the trough or from anystock-pile to any of the pockets or to the shipping-track, as may bedesired.

It is obvious that the trough 1 might be filled from dump-cars on atrack commanding the trough instead of from vessels, as described,serving exactly the same function in connection with said cars as with avessel.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the ore -handling system abovedescribed and illustrated in the drawings accomplishes the primaryobject of our invention, which is to permit the prompt and completedischarge from the vessel of its cargo upon its arrival at the dock,irrespective of the time and place of subsequent utilization of thecargo, and enable the material thus discharged to be subsequentlytransferred to any convenient point of storage or utilization during thetimes when the dock is clear and the unloaders are not in use, and thisobject is carried out through the provision of three principal elements,which are, first,the vessel-unloaders; second, a stationary receptaclefor the temporary disposition of the cargo located within reach of theunloaders, and, third, a transferring device, which at one end is withinreach of said temporary receptacle and at' its other end is capable ofserving any one of' a variety of receptacles or additional transferringagencies auxiliary to the final disposition of the ore or other materialin its process of manufacture or use. The efiiciency of the transferringdevice is greatly enhanced by equipping the same with a self-loadingbucket and by giving to the stationary receptacle an internal form orcontour, whereby it is specially adapted to be completely emptied andcleaned up by the self-loading bucket.

Having thus fully described our improvements, what We claim as ourinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a plant for handling ore and other material,the combination withunloading devices located along a dock or other place of delivery,of astationary temporary receptacle within reach of said unloading devicesadapted to receive the cargo of the vessel or other carrier, and atransfer truss or frame equipped with carrying devices located inland ofsaid receptacle and capable of reaching to every part of the latter andserving to transfer its contents to inland receptacles or carriers,substantially as described.

2. In a plant for handling ore and other material,the combination withunloading devices located along a dock or other place of delivery, of astationary trough extending along in rear and within reach of saidunloading devices and constituting a temporary receptacle for the cargo,and a laterally-movable transfer truss or frame equipped with carryingdevices extending inland of said trough and serving to transfer thecontents of the latter to inland receptacles or carriers, substantiallyas described.

3. In a plantfor handling ore and other material,the combination withunloading devices located along a dock or other place of delivery, of astationary trough extending along in rear and within reach of saidunloading devices and constituting a temporary receptacle for the cargo,and a laterally-movable and angularly-adjustable transfer truss or frameequipped with carrying devices extendinginland of said trough andserving to transfer the contents of the latter to inland receptacles orcarriers, substantially as described.

4. In a plant for handling ore and other material,the combination withunloading devices located along a dock or other place of delivery, of astationary trough extending along in rear and within reach of saidunloading devices and constituting a temporary receptacle for the cargo,a transfer truss or frame located and extending inland of said troughand capable of reaching to every part of the latter, and a self-loadingbucket mounted to travel along said transfer truss or frame,substantially as described.

5. In aplant for handling ore and other material, the combination withunloaders located along a dock or other place of delivery, of astationary trough extending along in rear and within reach of saidunloaders and constituting a temporary receptacle for the cargo, atransfer truss or frame located and extending inland of said trough andcapable of reaching to every part of the latter, and a self-loadingbucket mounted to travel along said transfer truss or frame, thescooping and carrying members of which are of a size and conformationadapting the bucket to cooper ate with the walls of the trough incompletely withdrawing the contents of the latter, substantially asdescribed. 7

6. In a plant for handling ore and other material, the combination witha trough conveniently positioned to receive ore and other material fromthe unloading devices of a vessel or other carrier, and a series of,pockets or other receptacles disposed alongside thereof and inlandtherefrom, of a series of intervening walls constituting partitions fora series of interlying stock-piles, a transfer-truss supported upon andacross said walls and at its ends overhanging said trough and pocketsrespectively, and a carrier adapted to travel upon said truss,substantially as described.

7. In a plant for handling ore and other material, the combination witha trough conveniently positioned to receive ore and other material fromthe unloading devices of a vessel or other carrier, and a series ofpockets or other receptacles disposed alongside thereof and inlandtherefrom, ofa series of intervening walls constituting partitions for aseries of interlyiug stock-piles, a laterally-movable transfer trusssupported upon and across said walls and at its ends overhanging saidtrough and pockets respectively, and a carrier adapted to travel uponsaid truss, substantially as described.

8. In a plantfor handling ore and other material, the combination with atrough conveniently positioned to receive ore and other ma terial fromthe unloading devices of a vessel or other carrier, and a series ofpockets or other receptacles disposed alongside thereof and inlandtherefrom, of a series of intervening walls constituting partitions fora series of interlying stock-piles, a laterally-movable andangularly-adjustable transfer-truss supported upon and across said wallsand at its ends overhanging said trough and pockets respectively, and acarrier adapted to travel upon said truss, substantially as described.

9. In a plant for handling ore and other material, the combination witha trough and a series of receptacles disposed alongside thereof andsubstantially parallel and longitudinally coextensive therewith, of aconveying appa ratus for effecting the transfer of the material betweenany part of said trough and the directly opposite receptacle, comprisinga laterally-movable transfer-truss disposed and extending between andover said trough and pockets, and a carrier. mounted to travel on saidtruss, substantially as described.

10. In a plant for handling ore and other material, the combination witha trough and a series of receptacles disposed alongside thereof andsubstantially parallel and longitudinally coextensive therewith, of aconveying apparatus for eifecting the transfer of the material from anypart of the trough to any one of the receptacles, comprising a laterallymovable and angularly adjustable transfer-truss disposed and extendingbetween and over said trough and pockets, and

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a carrier mounted to travel on said truss, substantially as described.

11. In a plant for handling ore and other material, the combination witha pair of receptacles disposed side by side and substantially paralleland longitudinally coextensive, of a series of tracks disposedalongsideof and between said receptacles, cars on said tracks,turn-tables on said cars, a transfer-truss resting upon and slidinglyconnected to said turntables and having its ends overhanging saidreceptacles, and a carrier mounted to travel longitudinally of and uponsaid truss, substantially as described. I

12. In a plant for handling ore and other material, the combination Witha pair of parallel and longitudinally-coextensive receptacles, of aseries of walls disposed between and parallel with said receptacles andconstituting partitions between adjacent stock-piles, tracks on saidwalls, cars on said tracks, turntables on said cars, a transfer-trussresting upon and slidingly connected to said turntables and having itsends overhanging said receptacles, and a carrier provided with aself-loading bucket mounted to travel longitudinally of and upon saidtruss, substantially as described.

FRANK K. HOOVER. ARTHUR J. MASON.

\Vitnesses:

C. E. KOONS, J. W. HOOVER.

